Abstract

CORDERO GARCIA, Sandra. Morbidity due to oral maxillofacial defects in the eastern provinces during the period 2000-2013. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.6, pp.825-832. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and retrospective study of 2441 patients, assisted in the Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesis in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from the 2000 to 2013, aimed at characterizing the morbidity due to oral and maxillofacial defects in those affected. There was an average of 200 admissions and 159 annual discharges of assisted patients. Most of the cases (63.8%) belonged to the above mentioned province. Male sex (63.0%), the age group 60 years and over (33.7%), the primary school level (32.6%), the ocular defects (80.3%) and trauma (53.8%) prevailed. In the affected age group 0-19 years, the congenital defects prevailed, in the 40-59 years traumas prevailed, in patients over 60 years the oncological causes and others prevailed. Ocular defects were caused by traumas in 59.0%, the nasal defects were caused by oncological causes in 100.0%, the cranial and ears defects were due to traumas in 78.6 and 76.5%, respectively

Keywords : morbidity; oral maxillofacial defect; congenital defect; ocular defect; trauma; Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesis.

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